#town

In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my father was the chess master of the region, and so he had him to his house every night. ↗

— Bruno Schulz

#began #chess #every #every night #father

We need to work our level best in this legislative session to help grow Montana's economy, so that grandchildren can stay in Montana, grandchildren can visit their grandmother and grandfather by driving across town, not flying across the country. ↗

— Brian Schweitzer

#best #country #driving #economy #flying

There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#guitarists #i #know #many #older

Nothing ever gets settled in this town. a seething debating society in which the debate never stops, in which people never give up, including me. And so that's the atmosphere in which you administer. ↗

— George P. Shultz

#atmosphere #debate #debating #ever #gets

If you're in the game long enough, you're going to be the toast of the town one day, and the next day you'll be toast. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#enough #game #going #long #next

I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town. ↗

— Patti Smith

#book #go #good #good book #i

Other kids would sneak out of the house to go to parties and do untoward things. I was sneaking out to do standup downtown. It paid off. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#go #house #i #kids #off

If you take any populated place - any major city in America - and drive 45 minutes from that spot directly out of town you'll be in about as country a place as you'll ever find. ↗

— Bubba Sparxxx

#america #any #city #country #directly

The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America. ↗

— Henry Morton Stanley

#america #either #europe #europeans #few

I'd say three years ago we played in my hometown of San Antonio for 55,000 people at the Alamodome and walking out there with a crowd like that is just, you're excited, you're scared. There are just so many emotions going on. I still get nervous for things like that until after I sing about the first one or two songs, then I settle down. ↗

— George Strait

#after #ago #antonio #crowd #down